The effects of gemcitabine on cell apoptosis and cycle of gastric cancer

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 15181-15181
Author(s):  
L. Wang

15181 Background: To study the effects of gemcitabine on cell apoptosis and cell cycle of gastric cancer Methods: Gastric cancer cells were cultured with different concentrations of gemcitabine (0.001, 0.01 and 0.1μM). MTT test was performed to evaluate the cell proliferation. The cells were divided into three groups: control group (cultured in RPMI-1640) and 5-FU group ( cultured in RPMI-1640 with 5- FU) and gemcitabine group ( cultured in RPMI-1640 with Gemcitabine). Flow cytometry was performed to determine the apoptotic rate and the cell cycle phases. Morphological changes were observed by phasecontrast microscope. Results: The cell proliferation was inhibited in experiment groups treated with gemcitabine and 5-FU, compared with control groups(P<0.01). Gemcitabine can induce cell apoptosis. 0.01μM and 0.1μM gemcitabine were much more effective than 0.001μM. On the third day, S phase cells accounted for 24.5% and G2-M phase cells 0.08% in the control group, while 24.6% and 0.06%, respectively in the gemcitabine group. However, on the seventh day, those came to 20.8% and 0.41% in the control group, and 18.2% and 1. 55% in the gemcitabine group, indicating a significant change in the cell cycle ( P<0.01). Conclusions: Gemcitabine can inhibit the cell proliferation, and it maybe related to cell apoptosis. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Wang ◽  
Huazhang Wu ◽  
Nannan Dong ◽  
Xu Su ◽  
Mingxiu Duan ◽  
...  

AbstractSulforaphane (SFN) extracted from broccoli sprout has previously been investigated for its potential properties in cancers, however, the underlying mechanisms of the anticancer activity of SFN remain not fully understood. In the present study, we investigate the effects of SFN on cell proliferation, cell cycle, cell apoptosis, and also the expression of several cell cycle and apoptosis-related genes by MTT assay, flow cytometry and western blot analysis in gastric cancer (GC) cells. The results showed that SFN could impair the colony-forming ability in BGC-823 and MGC-803 cell lines compared with the control. In addition, SFN significantly suppressed cell proliferation by arresting the cell cycle at the S phase and enhancing cell apoptosis in GC cells in a dose-dependent manner. Western blot results showed that SFN treatment significantly increased the expression levels of p53, p21 and decreased CDK2 expression, which directly regulated the S phase transition. The Bax and cleaved-caspase-3 genes involved in apoptosis executive functions were significantly increased in a dose-dependent manner in BGC-823 and MGC-803 cells. These results suggested that SFN-induced S phase cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through p53-dependent manner in GC cells, which suggested that SFN has a potential therapeutic application in the treatment and prevention of GC.


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
An Yang ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Ping Liu ◽  
Yunzhang Feng ◽  
Hongbo Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), urothelial carcinoma-associated 1 (UCA1) is aberrantly expressed in multiple cancers and has been verified as an oncogene. However, the underlying mechanism of UCA1 in the development of gastric cancer is not fully understood. In the present study, we aimed to identify how UCA1 promotes gastric cancer development. Methods The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) data were used to analyze UCA1 and myosin VI (MYO6) expression in gastric cancer. Western blot and quantitative real-time PCR (QPCR) were performed to test the expression level of the UCA1/miR-145/MYO6 axis in gastric cancer cell lines and tissues. The roles of the UCA1/miR-145/MYO6 axis in gastric cancer in vitro and in vivo were investigated by CCK-8 assay, flow cytometry, siRNAs, immunohistochemistry, and a mouse xenograft model. The targeted relationship among UCA1, miR-145, and MYO6 was predicted using LncBase Predicted v.2 and TargetScan online software, and then verified by luciferase activity assay and RNA immunoprecipitation. Results UCA1 expression was higher but miR-145 expression was lower in gastric cancer cell lines or tissues, compared to the adjacent normal cell line or normal tissues. Function analysis verified that UCA1 promoted cell proliferation and inhibited cell apoptosis in the gastric cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, UCA1 could bind directly to miR-145, and MYO6 was found to be a downstream target gene of miR-145. miR-145 mimics or MYO6 siRNAs could partly reverse the effect of UCA1 on gastric cancer cells. Conclusions UCA1 accelerated cell proliferation and inhibited cell apoptosis through sponging miR-145 to upregulate MYO6 expression in gastric cancer, indicating that the UCA1/miR-145/MYO6 axis may serve as a potential therapeutic target for gastric cancer.


1996 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 831-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Nan Li ◽  
Zi-Wei Du ◽  
Qiang Huang

✓ The modulation effects of hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA), a differentiation-inducing agent, on growth and differentiation of cells from human malignant glioma cell line SHG-44 were studied. At cytostatic doses (2.5 mM, 5 mM, 7.5 mM, and 10 mM for 15 days), HMBA exerted a marked inhibitory effect on cell proliferation. Exposure to HMBA (5 mM and 10 mM for 12 days) also resulted in an accumulation of cells in G0/G1 phase and a decrease of cells in S phase as analyzed by flow cytometry. The reversible effects of 7.5 mM HMBA and 10 mM HMBA on cell proliferation and 10 mM HMBA on disruption of cell cycle distribution were observed when HMBA was removed from culture media on Day 6 and replaced with HMBA-free media. Colony-forming efficiency (CFE) in soft agar was remarkably decreased by HMBA (2.5 mM, 5 mM, 7.5 mM, and 10 mM for 14 days), and in 7.5 mM HMBA— and 10 mM HMBA—treated cells, the CFEs were reduced to 25% and 12.5%, respectively, of that in untreated cells. Cells treated with HMBA (5 mM and 10 mM for 15 days) remained tumorigenic in athymic nude mice, but the growth rates of the xenografts were much slower than those in the control group. The effects of HMBA on cell proliferation, cell cycle distribution, CFE, and growth of xenografts were dose dependent. A more mature phenotype was confirmed by the morphological changes from spindle shape to large polygonal stellate shape and remarkably elevated expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in cells exposed to HMBA (5 mM, 10 mM for 15 days). Our results showed that a more differentiated phenotype with marked growth arrest was induced in SHG-44 cells by HMBA.


2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 873-877
Author(s):  
Dongqian Xie ◽  
Zhicheng Gao ◽  
Mei Liu ◽  
Defeng Wang

Metformin is shown to have hypoglycemic effects. However, the relationship between metformin’s intervention in FFA-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated insulin resistance (IR) and insulin β-cell apoptosis under high-glucose condition remains unclear. Our study intends to assess their relationship. Human pancreatic β-cells were treated with metformin and cell proliferation and IR were detected by MTT assay along with detection of Wnt/β-catenin signaling by RT-PCR, cell cycle and apoptosis by flow cytometry. Metformin inhibited β cell proliferation which was mediated by FFA-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in a time-dependent and dose-dependent manner as well as induced cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase. In addition, metformin inhibited β-catenin signaling activation and decreased the expression of c-myc, Dvl-2, survivin, Dvl-3, GSK-3β (p-ser9) and promoted GSK-3 (p-tyr216) and Axin-2 expression. In conclusion, metformin inhibits Wnt/β-catenin signaling and promotes FFA to induce endoplasmic reticulum stress, thereby mediating pancreatic β-cells behaviors.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Yangfang Ding ◽  
Qi Xie ◽  
Wenjing Liu ◽  
Zhaohai Pan ◽  
Xinmei Fan ◽  
...  

The botanical constituents of Stellera chamaejasme Linn. exhibit various pharmacological and medicinal activities. Neochamaejasmin A (NCA), one main active constituent of S. chamaejasme, inhibits cell proliferation and induces cell apoptosis in several types of tumor cells. However, the antitumor effect of NCA on hepatocellular carcinoma cells is still unclear. In this study, NCA (36.9, 73.7, and 147.5 μM) significantly inhibited hepatoblastoma-derived HepG2 cell proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. Hoechst 33258 staining and flow cytometry showed that apoptotic morphological changes were observed and the apoptotic rate was significantly increased in NCA-treated HepG2 cells, respectively. Additionally, the levels of Bax, cleaved caspase-3, and cytoplasmic cytochrome c were increased, while the level of Bcl-2 was decreased in NCA-treated HepG2 cells when compared with the control group. Moreover, we found that the reactive oxygen species (ROS) level was significantly higher and the mitochondrial membrane potential was remarkably lower in NCA-treated HepG2 cells than in the control group. Further studies demonstrated that the levels of p-JNK and p-ERK1/2 were significantly upregulated in NCA-treated HepG2 cells, and pretreatment with JNK and ERK1/2 inhibitors, SP600125 and PD0325901, respectively, suppressed NCA-induced cell apoptosis of HepG2 cells. In addition, NCA also significantly inhibited human hepatoma BEL-7402 cell proliferation and induced cell apoptosis through the ROS-mediated mitochondrial apoptotic pathway. These results implied that NCA induced mitochondrial-mediated cell apoptosis via ROS-dependent activation of the ERK1/2/JNK signaling pathway in HepG2 cells.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 943-948
Author(s):  
Yu Chen ◽  
Xiuyun He ◽  
Dagang Feng ◽  
Shijie Li

This article explores the effects and mechanisms of magnolol on the proliferation of gastric cancer cells as well as the apoptosis. First, 0 (control group), 20, 40, and 80 /x mol/L magnolol were observed on SGC-7901 cells for 24, 48, and 72 h. We use MTT method to measure the cell viability, and apoptosis and cells were detected by flow cytometry. Cell proliferation inhibition rate, apoptosis and cell cycle experiments showed that P-value < 0.05 means the difference is statistically significant. And the results which compare the control group, the 20, 40, and 80 /x mol/L show that honokiol had lower cell viability (P < 0.01), increased apoptotic rate (P < 0.01), and cell cycle stay in the G1 phase (P < 0.01), so we found that honokiol may suppress the proliferation of SGC-7901 cells and stimulate apoptosis by regulating cyclin and apoptosis-related proteins. With the development of nanomaterials synthesis technology and application in biomedicine, gold magnetic composite nanomaterials have unique properties, so they have been widely concerned in many applications. We combine gold and magnetic nanomaterials through other nanostructures to achieve the integration of diagnosis and treatment of tumors. We have synthesized two kinds of gold magnetic nanocomposites, GNR-PPy-FA nanocomposites. With the role of chemotherapy and heat and light therapy, GNR-PPy-FA nanocomposites have high light-to-heat conversion efficiency. Cell experiments verify the effect of chemotherapy and photothermal treatment of composite nanomaterials. After incubation with gold magnetic composite nanomaterials, the cell survival rate of tumor cells decreased to about 15%. In addition, both types of gold magnetic nanocomposites have the ability to dually target cancer cells, and the modification of folic acid and cancer cell membranes makes the material more biocompatible.


2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian Yu Guo ◽  
Eun Ji Joo ◽  
Kun Ho Son ◽  
Su Jin Jeon ◽  
Sehyun Jang ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Tao Yang ◽  
Gen-Hua Li ◽  
Zheng-You Li ◽  
Song Feng ◽  
Xue-Qin Liu ◽  
...  

Background. This study is to explore the effect of corilagin on the proliferation and NF-κB signaling pathway in U251 glioblastoma cells and U251 glioblastoma stem-like cells.Methods. CD133 positive U251 glioblastoma cells were separated by immunomagnetic beads to isolate glioblastoma stem-like cells. U251 cells and stem-like cells were intervened by different corilagin concentrations (0, 25, 50, and 100 μg/mL) for 48 h, respectively. Cell morphology, cell counting kit-8 assay, flow cytometry, dual luciferase reporter assay, and a western blot were used to detect and analyze the cell proliferation and cell cycle and investigate the expression of IKBαprotein in cytoplasm and NF-κB/p65 in nucleus.Results. Corilagin inhibited the cell proliferation of U251 cells and their stem-like cells and the inhibition role was stronger in U251 stem-like cells (P<0.05). The cell cycle was arrested at G2/M phase in the U251 cells following corilagin intervention; the proportion of cells in G2/M phase increased as the concentration of corilagin increased (P<0.05). The U251 stem-like cells were arrested at the S phase following treatment with corilagin; the proportion of cells in the S phase increased as the concentration of corilagin increased (P<0.05). The ratio of dual luciferase activities of U251 stem-like cells was lower than that of U251 cells in the same corilagin concentration. With increasing concentrations of corilagin, the IKBαexpression in cytoplasm of U251 cells and U251 stem-like cells was increased, but the p65 expression in nucleus of U251 cells and U251 stem-like cells was decreased (P<0.05).Conclusion. Corilagin can inhibit the proliferation of glioblastoma cells and glioblastoma stem-like cells; the inhibition on glioblastoma stem-like cell proliferation is stronger than glioblastoma cells. This different result indicates that the effect of corilagin on U251 cells and U251 stem-like cells may have close relationships with mechanism of cell cycle and NF-κB signaling pathway; however, the real antitumor mechanism of corilagin is not yet clear and requires further study.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Hongmei Yong ◽  
Jing Fu ◽  
Guangyi Gao ◽  
Huichang Shi ◽  
...  

Background. The purpose of this study was to explore the role and underlying mechanism of miR-504 and RBM4 in gastric cancer. Methods. The qRT-PCR or Western blot was performed to determine the expressions of miR-504 and RBM4 in the gastric cancer tissues and normal tissues. Human SGC-7901 cells were transfected with miR-504 mimic/inhibitor or pcDNA-RBM4. Cell proliferation and cell apoptosis were assessed by colony formation assay and flow cytometry, respectively. Luciferase reporter gene assays were used to investigate interactions between miR-504 and RBM4 in SGC-7901 cells. Results. The relative expression of miR-504 was significantly upregulated in the gastric cancer group ( n = 25 ) than in the paired normal group ( n = 25 ), but the relative RBM4 expression was remarkably downregulated in the gastric tumor group, compared with the normal group. Additionally, miR-504 overexpression increased the viability of gastric cancer cells. Moreover, RBM4 is a functional target of miR-504 in gastric cancer cells. miR-504 was further confirmed to promote SGC-7901 cell proliferation and inhibit cell apoptosis by downregulation RBM4 in vitro. Conclusions. miR-504 promotes gastric cancer cell proliferation and inhibits cell apoptosis by targeting RBM4, and this provides a potential diagnostic biomarker and treatment for patients with gastric cancer.


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